IMMIGRATION: The Mary Beatrice

Twenty Chinese coolies in Cuba, and each had $500. Each was willing
to part with it to get into the United States. The Mary Beatrice, small
Bahama sponge-fishing schooner with an unnamed skipper, offered to
accommodate them at that price. The Chinamen boarded her at Havana,
paying half the fare in advance.

They sailed northward, 20 Chinese, a
skipper, and a crew of four— two white, two black. They reached
"Rum Row" off New York. They waited several days. There was
no opportunity to reach the shore...